Mission

THE CLAUDE PEPPER FOUNDATION SERVES AS A LASTING TESTAMENT TO SENATOR PEPPER'S VISION AND COMMITMENT.THE FOUNDATION PRESERVES AND PROMOTES THE IDEAS, VALUES, PUBLIC POLICY GOALS, AND LIFE OF CLAUDE PEPPER TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE A CONTINUING PART OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL DISCOURSE. FEDERAL AND STATE LAWMAKERS ARE PROVIDED INFORMATION ABOUT THESE IDEAS TO PROMOTE ACTIONS AND POLICIES THAT WILL RESULT IN A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL AMERICANS. THIS GOAL IS PRIMARILY ACHIEVED THROUGH THE FOUNDATIONS'S SUPPORT OF THE CLAUDE PEPPER CENTER AT FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY. THROUGH THE CENTER'S PROGRAMS AND OPERATIONS, WHICH INCLUDE THE PEPPER LIBRARY, THE PEPPER MUSEUM, AND A COLLABORATION WITH THE PEPPER INSTITUTE ON AGING AND PUBLIC POLICY AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS, THE FOUNDATION DISSEMINATES RESEARCH, CONDUCTS SYMPOSIA, CONFERENCES, PUBLIC OUTREACH AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. THE VAST COLLECTION OF RESOURCES HOUSED AT THE PEPPER CENTER, WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE PAPERS OF OTHERS